Abstract
Despite its success in alleviating poverty, particularly among women, microfinance has reached only eight percent of the world’s poor. San Francisco-based Matt Flannery and Premal Shah have devised the first online platform for microfinance lending. Kiva, which means “unity” in Swahili, is a website that allows individuals to lend 25 dollars to specific small businesses in the developing world. Kiva.org works with a network of microfinance institutions that use the site as a marketplace to attract loans for their clients. This program accompanies Alvin Hall as he tries to help Kiva.org achieve its ambitious expansion goals and bring a growing number of lenders directly to small entrepreneurs. Part of the series Alvin’s Guide to Good Business: Case Studies in Social Entrepreneurship.
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Microfinance, Loans, Personal, Women -- Developing countries -- Economic conditions, Women-owned business enterprises, Social entrepreneurship, Small business -- Finance, Small business -- Developing countries -- Finance, Banks and banking -- Developing countries, Financial institutions -- Developing countries, Poverty, Economic assistance
Series
Alvin's Guide to Good Business: Case Studies in Social Entrepreneurship
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00:22:13 (HH:MM:SS)
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English
Target or Intended Audience
Higher education
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